From the knitting nook
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Clearing the decks
I have been beavering away in the latter part of this week, increasingly intent upon clearing the decks and setting myself up for the coming year. Indeed, my horoscope today asked whether perhaps the New Year was coming early and I feel that it may well be. There is a fine line, I find, between… Continue reading
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Some objects are never finished
Thinking about my needlepoint reminded me of my other longest-standing unfinished object and I had to search out the pieces so I could once again hang my head in shame. Here, then, is the state of The Beaded Christmas Bauble at the beginning of this week. I’m not entirely sure whether the bauble or the… Continue reading
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Something’s up with Pam
Something’s here I’m not quite gettingThough I try I keep forgettingLike a memory long since pastHere in an instant, gone in a flashWhat does it mean?What does it mean? Jack’s Obsession – The Nightmare Before Christmas (Book by Tim Burton/Lyrics by Danny Elfman) There are two possible ways of interpreting the current state of my… Continue reading
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In conclusion
I’m not admitting defeat, I am just concluding that the Heather Sweater isn’t what I want to work on right now. I’ve been having to force myself to pick it up and doing pretty much anything I can think of that helps me to ignore it. Enough is enough, I need to take a break… Continue reading
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I’m not the kind of girl….
This is not a “Finished Object” post. It is more of an “Unfinished Object” post. In fact, I would go so far as to say it is a post about a garment which is less close to being finished than it was at the beginning of the week. Ho-hum. I took the wise advice of… Continue reading
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My undoing
I hope you didn’t come along in the expectation that you’d be reading about a finished object, because if you did you’re going to be disappointed. I’ve chosen a title – “My undoing” – which works on two levels. First is the level in the photo: a pile of unravelled yarn and a sleeve without… Continue reading
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